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SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12632
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- National Science Foundation [2041233, 2041234]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [2041234] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [2041234] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [2041233] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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For individuals who hold being American as integral to their identity, the oppression faced by Native people challenges their positive national identity; Long-standing narratives in American culture erase and dehumanize Natives, allowing non-Natives to justify oppression in order to protect their national identity.
For individuals who view being American as central to their sense of self, the reality of Native oppression (e.g., genocide, police brutality) threatens their ability to maintain a positive national identity. We theorize that long-standing narratives in American culture erase and dehumanize Natives, enabling non-Natives to psychological distance and justify Native oppression as a means of protecting positive national identity. We illustrate this protective process using the example of Native mascots. We first demonstrate that Native mascots erase and dehumanize Natives and then illustrate how the use of Native mascots protects national identity. We conclude by calling for individual- and institutional-level changes to create a society free of harmful and toxic narratives and the practices that perpetuate these narratives.
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